He left his job as a foreigner so he could build a better life for himself in America.
Great-Grandfather Opel Vogelcheck (Will Forte), he came to America with nothing, not even clothes ("totally naked"). He was Dad Vogelcheck's (Fred Armisen) Great-grandfather. That is what makes Thanksgiving special for the Vogelchecks. The only way they could communicate was with "sweet little kisses". When he and the Pilgrims met the Native Americans, they didn't speak the same language. He was a poor British immigrant who founded the family's affectionate traditions. Great-Great Grandfather Gerhart Von-German Von-Vogelcheck, he came all the way from England in the Mayflower to America. The skit always culminates with two of the men in the family making out. Normally the conflict of the skit is that one of their sons has brought home a girlfriend for the first time, and the girlfriend must get used to the family's near-incestuous way of life.
The Kissing Family is a sketch on Saturday Night Live that revolves around a family, namely, the Vogelchecks, who are very affectionate with each other. That’s nice even if censorship is a misguided approach to exhibiting empathy.Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen That said, the action may be indicative of not only the fact that we live in a sensitive moment but that sensitivity might finally be extended to fathers. It wasn’t great, but it also wasn’t anything worth too much concern.
Is it important that NBC took down the sketch? Not really. Saturday Night Live is an American institution that is funny more often than it’s not and that people whine about regardless. On September 29, 2018, Saturday Night Live also didn’t air an impromptu pro-Trump speech delivered by Kanye West. In fairness, that sketch was a lot more offensive than “Dad Christmas.” Still, NBC has a storied history of preemptive retreat. In November 2017, one sketch - which suggested Safelite AutoGlass employees were hitting on teenagers - was unceremoniously removed from the internet. It still seems unlikely, but… there are a lot of single dads around.Īlso, Saturday Night Live has a recent history of pulling videos of controversial sketches. Right now, with media brands scrambling to avoid being “problematic,” not so much. Here’s what’s funny: At any other point in history, the idea that NBC would have pulled the video to avoid criticism would be rightly treated as ridiculous. We published our piece on Monday, and on Tuesday, NBC - no doubt trembling in the face of mild criticism levied by a parenting publication - pulled the video. We were just quibbling with the cliched presentation of divorced fathers - pointing out that it’s a bit behind the times and unsubtle. Were we outraged? Nah, life is too short to be that guy. Our criticism of the sketch was a reaction to the tone and insensitivity of the “ Dad Christmas” bit. Was this because of a broader backlash? Hard to say. As of Tuesday, video of the sketch has been pulled from the NBC homepage and YouTube. Now, strangely, all traces of the sketch have been removed from the internet. As we pointed out at the time, the jokes were in keeping with an SNL tradition of lampooning fathers as oblivious, selfish, and lonely. The fake ad was somewhat funny, but also fairly disrespectful to the sizable and growing population of single dads engaged in childcare. Last Saturday, December 1, Saturday Night Liveran a short sketch called “Dad Christmas” poking fun at the bleak experience of celebrating the holiday season with a divorced, two-pack-a-day Florida man.
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